| Description |
1 DVD (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC; widescreen presentation. |
| Credits |
Videographer, editor, Robert A. Clift. |
| Note |
Copyrighted 2009 by ITVS. |
| Summary |
"Hip-Hop was created by urban youth of color more than 30 years ago amid racial oppression and economic marginalization. It has moved beyond that specific community and been embraced by young people worldwide, elevating it to a global youth culture. The ambitious and hard-hitting documentary Blacking Up: hip-hop's remix of race and identity looks at the popularity of hip-hop among America's white youth. It asks whether white identification is rooted in admiration and a desire to transcend race or if it is merely a new chapter in the long continuum of stereotyping, mimicry and cultural appropriation? Does it reflect a new face of racial understanding in white America or does it reinforce an ugly history? Against the unique backdrop of american popular music, Blacking up explores racial identity in U.S. society. The film artfully draws parallels between the white hip-hop fan and previous incarnations of white appropriation from blackface performer Al Jolson to mainstream artists like Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and Eminem. It interweaves portraits of white hip-hop artists and fans with insightful commentary by African American cultural critics such as Amiri Baraka, Nelson George, Greg Tate, comedian Paul Mooney and hip-hop figures Chuck D., Russell Simmons, M1 of Dead Prez, and DJ Kool Herc"--Container. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| Genre/Form |
Rap (Music)
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Rap (Music)
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| Subject |
Rap musicians -- United States.
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Rap musicians. |
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United States. |
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Music and race -- United States.
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Music and race. |
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Hip-hop -- United States.
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Hip-hop. |
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Hip-hop -- United States -- Influence.
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Black people -- Race identity -- United States.
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Black people -- Race identity. |
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White people -- Race identity -- United States.
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White people -- Race identity. |
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Youth, White -- Race identity -- United States.
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Youth, White. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Clift, Robert A.
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Limbic Productions, Inc.
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WTIU (Television station : Bloomington, Ind.)
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Independent Television Service.
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California Newsreel (Firm)
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